Trump’s budget plan has
been released and it is not only disastrous for vulnerable populations but
also relies on a $2 trillion math error and some unrealistic assumptions. http://thehill.com/policy/finance/334721-summers-budget-plan-has-egregious-accounting-errorLet’s write to Trump and to Office of
Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney to let them know what we
think of their math: The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW,
Washington, DC 20500

While we would all prefer a Democratic majority in
Congress, the Democratic Party persists in turning to the past in its
effort to win back a majority in 2018:http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/22/democrats-midterm-elections-238659
Apparently neither Bernie Sanders’ popularity nor the clear message from
the “resisters” that minimizing the importance of women’s health and
abortion rights, income inequality. criminal justice reform, racism, or
immigrant justice won’t satisfy voters has shifted the Democratic
strategy. Why don’t we tell the Democratic Party(877-336-7200)
and its leaders—Nancy Pelosi in the House(202-225-4965)
and Chuck Schumer(202-224-6524/fax202-228-3027)
in the Senate—that we want candidates with clear commitments on these
important issues?

Our efforts
worked, and Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly agreed to extend
temporary protected status (TPS) to make sure more than 50,000 Haitians
immigrants did not face immediate deportation to a country they barely
know (and some have never seen). But he only agreed to extend TPS for six
months, rather than the 18 requested by the immigrants, advocates, and the
Haitian government – and indicated he might not do so again. (http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/haiti/article151930167.html) Let’s call Secretary Kelly at202-282-8495and tell him we appreciate what he has
done, but it’s not enough and we want him to keep the TPS in place when it
expires in January.

The release of Trump’s
budget has been met with derision on both sides of the aisle. For example,
Sen. Lindsey Graham spoke out about the proposed deep cuts to the State
Department by saying, “If we implemented this budget, we'd
have to retreat from the world or put a lot of people at risk — a lot of
Benghazi's in the making…”

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) is talking
about posing legislation to block Trumps $110 billions arms deal to Saudi
Arabia or rather “"target munitions used" in the
ongoing violence in Yemen. Humanitarian groups have warned that the new
Trump-backed sales are likely to be used against rebel factions in Yemen
that the Saudi government sees as aligned with Iran.” http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/23/rand-paul-saudi-arabia-arms-sales-238730
Let’s ask our senators to sign on and make this stop.

Other Actions

Got
kids? Teach kids? Talk to kids? They want to know what's going on, too,
especially when they hear us talk. Here's a good Canadian-based site that
offers current news, including the political stuff going on in the U.S.
and other parts of the world. Targeted toward grades 2-8, it speaks in
terms kids can understand. It's important for kids to learn to think
critically about the news, and this excellent free website promotes that.
Give them a donation if you can, too. http://teachingkidsnews.com

Despite public pushback,
Google continues to serve ads on Breitbart, thereby profiting off of hate
speech. Sleeping Giants are therefore focusing their efforts on one of
Google's three largest investors: Vanguard. In order to effect change, and
get Google to listen, Sleeping Giants is asking that we contact Vanguard's
Investment Stewardship Officer through e-mail and on his LinkedIn
interview. There are sample e-mails and talking points, as well as a link
to the e-mail address and LinkedIn page here: http://bit.ly/2rUa8wK

Another
Amazon/Breitbart tactic: "Sleeping
Giants is now raising funds to erect a billboard in Seattle urging Amazon
to “stop funding bigotry” and sever links to Breitbart. “To date we
have convinced more than 2,100 brands and organizations to remove ads from
this extremist site,” the group’s fundraising page says.“Unfortunately, AMAZON remains one of
Breitbart’s biggest advertisers, despite our repeated emails, tweets,
calls and letters,” it adds.” The group said it has raised $7,251 of its
$8,000 goal. Even employees of Amazon have asked Bezos to stop this
advertising.http://thehill.com/policy/technology/334806-protests-over-breitbart-ads-strike-amazon-report.
Let's keep pushing Amazon to pull their ads from Breitbart. You can donate
to the billboard project herehttps://www.youcaring.com/abillboardcompanyinseattle-827716
or you can contact Amazon and tell Bezos to pull their ads from
Breitbart. Amazon customer service Seattle888-280-4331or(888) 280-4331or email atcis@amazon.com

Any
Refugee was founded in
2014 by a ten year-old Alaskan boy as a way to help, love, and comfort
refugee children. In 10/15 Any
Refuge became part of the international work of Jesuit Refugee Service/USA. Let’s
click here to learn more and to
see how we, and the children in our lives can help, too: http://anyrefugee.org/

The
folks at Resistance
Manual are looking for volunteer team leads (or co leads) for
Russian Interference, Environment/Climate, Women's Rights & Voting
Rights! If this is the kind of work we want to do in the #Resistance,
direct message them on Twitter @resistmanual

The
one phrase that Trump has yet to say is, "I intend to cooperate
fully." Those are words of someone who does not feel there is
anything to hide. Hiring an outside lawyer says the opposite. "Russia
is accused, as Brennan said, of not only trying toinfluence the election by hacking and
releasing emails, but engaging in a full-fledged influence campaign
through propaganda to get Donald Trump elected. That's the assessment of
17 U.S. intelligence agencies. Not only that, but the FBI is investigating
potential collusion between Trump associates and Russia to help in that
effort — in Russia's interest."http://www.npr.org/2017/05/24/529781094/why-the-russia-investigation-matters-and-why-you-should-care

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Rogan’s List is a daily, thoroughly vetted action list for people who are unhappy with the current administration and who want to become more politically involved, but do not have time for the research. The compiler, Susan Goodrich Rogan, is a retired librarian who has worked in university, community college, and elementary school libraries. She is the mother of eleven and the grandmother of nine..